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... When he woke, he downed two cups of coffee and two Coke Zeros in the fifteen minutes before the plane landed. Toronto to London - London to Chipping Camden Long walk through Heathrow and made it easily through customs with all of our luggage. Eric was attempting to text Jim, our ride to Chipping Camden to alert him of our arrival. Once they finally connected, we loaded our bags in the back of the Mercedes ...

... We got a few recommendations for what to do today and which other local villages were worth a visit. The forecast was for a very nasty storm to come today but fortunately it held off for the majority of the day.

Firstly we walked around the streets of Stow-in-the-Wold seeing some of the cute local stores and building which are all look like they sell very good produce. I can imagine people here eat fairly well.

Highlight #1: Oxford's university, people and societies are so rich, abundant, diverse and highly interesting. I am provided tools, ideas, chances and inspirations to do all the things I want to do in life (which is a lot as you know). E.g. take a look at this page from my notebook! I sat one eat diagonally behind Al Gore (getting there is an amusing separate story) before he was invited on stage. I recommend listening ...

... again. We stopped for coffee/hot chocolates and visited a lovely gift shop before making our way to Oxford.

Driving to Oxford we were back on main roads and it was interesting to realise how built up the English countryside is. We had imagined this part of England to be more like driving through country NSW but there are just so many more people squeezed into a smaller area here.

... truth is more of a confession. I'm starting to develop a taste for the English ales - never thought it would happen - but some of the locally brewed ales have been terrific. The bar-keep in Richmond told me that I was missing - out sticking to lagers- and I think he might have had something. Hugh Mackay was right - ife is just one huge voyage of discovery. Catch you later, Frankie and ...